'Tragopogon pratensis' definitions:
Definition of 'Tragopogon pratensis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: meadow salsify, goatsbeard, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis]
Definition of 'Tragopogon pratensis'
From: GCIDE
- Sleep-at-noon \Sleep"-at-noon"\, n. (Bot.) A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard. --Dr. Prior. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tragopogon pratensis'
From: GCIDE
- Joseph's flower \Jo"seph's flow"er\ (Bot.) A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tragopogon pratensis'
From: GCIDE
- Goat's beard \Goat's beard\, goatsbeard \goatsbeard\n. (Bot.), A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is naturalized in US.
- Syn: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, {Tragopogon pratensis}. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]